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23.5 x 17.5 cm. Octavo. 42pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Signed by both the author, Mary Hays Weik, and the woodcut artist, Ann Grifalconi, on front free endpaper. Lengthy non-authorial inscription on front fixed endpaper. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Chipping and some small closed tears to the jacket.

WEIK, Mary Hays. THE JAZZ MAN. Woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi. NY: Atheneum, 1966. 8vo., brown cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. The children's story about a crippled boy named Zeke and his encounter with the Jazz Man in Harlem. Illustrated by the author's daughter. Signed presentation from both the author and the illustrator on the half-title page: "To Fred- The Jazz Collector with the most! All good wishes, Mary Weik.and to Fred- who's where the jazz began- and where the action is (even if we miss you)! Love Ann. 9/10/66." Very Good (some soil & small tape stains to the front & rear endpapers, else contents clean & tight); few tiny nicks & little browning d/j. $150.00.